Aumento de casos de sarampión según la OPS

2025-03-25 17:08:36
En lo que va del 2025, se reportaron al menos 507 casos de sarampión, según un informe de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), esta cifra representa un crecimiento alarmante en comparación al mismo periodo del año anterior.

<h2 id="h-principal-causa-de-mortandad-de-ninos-menores">Principal causa de mortandad de ni&ntilde;os menores</h2> <p>El&nbsp;<strong>sarampi&oacute;n</strong>&nbsp;es una de las principales causas de&nbsp;<strong>muerte</strong>&nbsp;en ni&ntilde;os&nbsp;<strong>menores</strong>, particularmente en zonas con baja cobertura de vacunaci&oacute;n, el&nbsp;<strong>virus</strong>&nbsp;se propaga con facilidad a&nbsp;<strong>trav&eacute;s</strong>&nbsp;del&nbsp;<strong>aire</strong>&nbsp;y por contacto con secreciones respiratorias, entre las complicaciones asociadas a la enfermedad se encuentran neumon&iacute;a, diarrea,&nbsp;<strong>encefalitis</strong>&nbsp;y ceguera.</p> <figure><a 2000="" href="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=" http:="" svg="" www.w3.org=""><img alt="" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" data-lazy-src="https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1024x638.jpeg" data-lazy-srcset="https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1024x638.jpeg 1024w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-300x187.jpeg 300w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-768x479.jpeg 768w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1536x957.jpeg 1536w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-674x420.jpeg 674w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-696x434.jpeg 696w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1068x665.jpeg 1068w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302.jpeg 1600w" data-ll-status="loaded" decoding="async" height="638" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1024x638.jpeg" srcset="https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1024x638.jpeg 1024w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-300x187.jpeg 300w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-768x479.jpeg 768w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1536x957.jpeg 1536w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-674x420.jpeg 674w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-696x434.jpeg 696w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302-1068x665.jpeg 1068w, https://b01aa32c.delivery.rocketcdn.me/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/WhatsApp_Image_2024-07-03_at_175302.jpeg 1600w" width="1024" /></a></figure> <p><b>&nbsp;</b></p> <p>La&nbsp;<strong>OPS</strong>&nbsp;insta a los pa&iacute;ses de la regi&oacute;n a reforzar las&nbsp;<strong>acciones</strong>&nbsp;de&nbsp;<strong>vacunaci&oacute;n</strong>&nbsp;y vigilancia epidemiol&oacute;gica, as&iacute; como a mejorar la capacidad de respuesta ante posibles brotes.</p> <p>Entre las medidas sugeridas se encuentran intensificar las&nbsp;<strong>campa&ntilde;as</strong>&nbsp;de&nbsp;<strong>inmunizaci&oacute;n</strong>, especialmente en zonas vulnerables, y garantizar una cobertura superior al 95% con dos dosis de la vacuna triple viral (<strong>SRP</strong>), que protege contra el&nbsp;<strong>sarampi&oacute;n</strong>, la&nbsp;<strong>rub&eacute;ola</strong>&nbsp;y las&nbsp;<strong>paperas</strong>.</p>